EMDR Basic Training Membership
EMDR Certified Therapist Membership
Playful Hearts Therapy
I am one of the few fully Certified Play Therapists in Toronto and am also a Certified Play Therapist Supervisor through the Canadian Association for Play Therapy. I am a Clinical Social Worker who has extensive experience in working with children, youth, and families from various ethno-racial and cultural backgrounds. I am a Registered Social Worker through the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. I completed a Master in Social Work with a Collaborative Program in Addiction Studies from the University of Toronto. I offer general and sexual trauma assessments as a Certified Trauma Assessor. I use an integrative approach in my work by applying multiple modalities to meet the unique healing needs of each individual — I am trained in: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, Brainspotting, Trauma Focused -Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Mindfulness, and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. I have training in expressive arts therapy through the CREATE Institute. I have completed two levels of Theraplay (an attachment-based therapy). I received training in narrative therapy and solution-focused therapy through Oolagen Community Services (Skylark). With children I combine play therapy and EMDR and with all ages I combine Sandtray Therapy with EMDR, so that clients are able to delve deeper.I have 20 years of experience in the mental health field working within children’s aid societies, hospital, residential, school, and community settings. Since 2006, I have provided individual, family, and group therapy within the First Nation/ Inuit/ Metis community of Toronto. I am a registered therapist with Indigenous Services Canada and previously spent one week per month flying into a remote Northern reserve to provide therapy. I also previously saw clients referred through 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations. I am also a service provider for Victim Services Toronto and for the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) program with BOOST Child and Youth Advocacy Centre.
36 WESTCROFT DRIVE , SCARBOROUGH, Ontario, , M1E 3A3
Phone: 416 2757727
Email: TARA@PLAYFULHEARTSTHERAPY.COM
Population Served:
Both Adults and Children & Adolescents
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
Both online and in-person
Areas of Expertise:
Anxiety
Attachment Focussed
Birth Trauma
C-PTSD
Depression
Dissociation
Grief & Bereavement
Medical Trauma
PTSD
Pain
Panic Attacks
Phobias
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Social Anxiety